Santa Rita Prickly Pear

Gallery: FloraPosted May 5, 2010113 views15 comments

I like the yellow flowers against the purple/green cactus.

Nikon D90
Aperture Priority
F/8 1/15
ISO200
105 mm
Raw
tripod

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 5, 2010 at 11:23 PM

Laura: Marvelous comp and a very cool color palette. Nicely done. >=))>

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on May 5, 2010 at 11:46 PM

Excellently composed, Laura. The colors work well here.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 5, 2010 at 11:57 PM

Laura, Nice and above anything else, I like the partial S curve

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on May 6, 2010 at 3:51 AM

Beautiful composition and colors, Laura. I love it!
Mauro

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Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on May 6, 2010 at 4:37 AM

Well framed and lightened

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on May 6, 2010 at 6:18 AM

Well seen and captured. I rerally like how you composed the shot with the double s curves.
Colours work very well.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on May 6, 2010 at 6:32 AM

Love cactus Laura, and the colors are fantastic. Beautifully done.
John

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on May 6, 2010 at 6:58 AM

Laura, I like the flow of yellow that trickes off through the composition.

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Comment posted by Timothy F. Hale on May 6, 2010 at 12:21 PM

Love the colors and the comp here, Laura. Nice job!

Tim
Concrete, WA

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Comment posted by David Cobb on May 6, 2010 at 2:43 PM

A nice line of yellow through this prickly pear Laura.

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Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on May 6, 2010 at 7:39 PM

really like the line the yellow flowers draw, also good tight comp. and colours.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 6, 2010 at 8:06 PM

I like the lovely color and diagonal placement of the flowers in this comp.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 6, 2010 at 10:03 PM

Hi Laura

I love the palette of color and the intriguing lines of the cactus. Beautiful work

Albert Darmo Canada

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on May 7, 2010 at 12:30 PM

Nice one Laura. I really like the zig-zag of the flowers and buds.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 7, 2010 at 1:26 PM

Absolutely stunning color! Great comp as well.

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